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The fallout from the Henry Louis Gates arrest continues: A Boston cop has been suspended for referring to Gates as a "jungle monkey" in an email, the Globe reports. Officer Justin Barrett, 36, faces a disciplinary hearing next week and could be fired. He used the phrase while describing media coverage of the arrest to members of the National Guard. The flap comes a day before Gates and arresting officer James Crowley have beers at the White House.

"Commissioner Davis was made aware that Officer Barrett was the author of correspondence which included racially charged language," said a department spokeswoman. "At that time, (he) immediately stripped Officer Barrett of his gun and badge."

anch, I'm glad you posted this here. I'm not sure there's an effort by the newser editors to "sanitize", but some of the users here are pushing strongly for it. The number who refuse to particiapte in the discussions because of C_k is not insignificant, apparently. I wish you were taking part in the discsussions on the Facebook page -- sounds like they will have served their purpose soon and we'll see what new changes the overlords have in store for us on Monday. My thesis in my last "lecture" to you was that you weaken your arguments by the use of excessive insults and what borders on "hate speech." I laffed my ass off here at your post and those colorful terms are not always inappropriate and are sometimes absolutely perfect. All I'm asking is that you be more discriminating. You see, the truth is, I care about you and I defended you very strongly on the Facebook forum, and then the last exchange that I objected to just seemed to cut the legs out from under the argument I was making on your behalf. My fear is that you will be put in the same category as C_K and that would be a shame if it were to happen.

Snarfeh

Jul 31, 2009 7:19 AM CDT

Who gives a damn about the effing thumbs? It's not like we can trade in points for what's behind door #3!! Be an adult! Skip the posters you don't like! I do! I skim & I skip! It's very easy to do! Haven't liberals told the religious right to change the GD channel often enough if they don't like what they see?? I'm with armywife. I do *not* like the mob rule aspect & if you click on the Facebook thread, it's easy to see who are the censors, to see who are the ones who think they should be the Final Arbiters of Taste & Style (FATS) at Newser. The thumbs are juvenile, anyway. I use 'em because they are there, but I don't give a damn whether my comments are popular or not. I will *still* make them, if I please. Additionally, I will defend anyone's right to say wtf they want, regardless of whether I like it, I'm offended or even if I don't think it is pertinent to the article. As a reader, *I* am the one who should decide what I want to read, not a bunch of people who simply want to ban those whom they don't like. Stop reading & replying to them, if you don't like them. Be adults, for crying out loud, not babies who need everything powdered down. I am utterly appalled that liberals, of all people, are behind this. You are doing nothing more than giving CREDENCE to, of *all* things, CK's inane "liberal fascist" tag & anyone who can't see that deserves the tag.

QueenAlli

Jul 30, 2009 12:47 PM CDT

What a dope! The entire Boston police is being called racist, they deny, and now comes the fool sending a racist e-mail. He deserves to be stripped of his badge. Not for the racist comment but for sheer stupidity.